7 Classic Intros

[@robcostigan8757]

"What is this, Jacob Collier?" Spit Take worthy. 👏👏👏

[@jorymil]

Chick Corea's "Spain" intro is pretty iconic, and I don't know if you'd call them intros exactly, but "Klactoveesedstene" and "Walkin'" are pretty classic. "Birdland," "If I Were a Bell," "My Funny Valentine" (from Cookin'), "Stolen Moments," "So What," "Blues March," "St. Thomas," "Valse Hot," "Better Get It In Your Soul," man... we could go on. I'm defining "intro" here as something that's not usually repeated at the end of the song and isn't part of the solo sections. I mean, seriously, who doesn't know it's "So What" after the first couple of Bill Evans notes? If you're on a jam session, you know you have a good pianist if they play that intro. And any Max Roach drum intro is worthy in my book. Never enough of them. Big band intros... "April in Paris," "Everyday I Have the Blues," "Jumpin' at the Woodside," "In the Mood," spring to mind. Clearly I need to listen to more big band music!

[@namename5917]

Intros start at 35:40-ish.

[@zachwolfe8884]

For what it's worth, I've always thought of Clifford Brown as part of the hard bop era, but of course his talent transcends any kind of label like that.

[@andrewcrocker-harris4830]

Clifford Brown was, at the very least, a transitional figure between bebop and hard bop, and he influenced all of the classic hard bop trumpeters.

[@JohnHorneGuitar]

If you haven't heard it, check out John Scofield's use of the All The Things You Are intro on his Album Flat Out. He only plays it at the end of the piece as an outro - and in a funky half-time feel. A really fun way to reframe the motif.

[@AntarblueGarneau]

This "Night in Tunisia" version was recorded in LA with Arv Garrison on guitar and Miles Davis on trumpet.

[@JonFrumTheFirst]

To me, a classic intro is one that has been used many times by different groups. I"ve never heard the intro of Yardbird Suite used by anyone else. It's great, but I don't think it's a classic. Then again, if classic means great, then they're all classics. I'd say Clifford was playing in the bop style, but enough time had gone by that it was a mature, evolved version of bop.

[@ericwinter4513]

For the record, I liked the dusty episode. The blowbackers can...well...anyway, I’d love to see more intros. The one from Miles’s version of Someday Prince Will Come is one of my favorites.

[@zqa12swx]

Can't forget the intro to Dewey Square! Relaxin at Camarillo, Another Hair-Do, Ko-ko and klactoveedsedstene!

[@flare2000x]

I would include the classic "Bye Bye Blackbird" intro - you can use that on almost any tune too. Also, about I Mean You, it's especially effective as an outro because it comes in after a shock 2/4 bar!

[@ValirAmaril]

Not bebop but my favourite intro is in Sentimental Mood off the Coltrane/Ellington album

[@lordofthemound3890]

God, I LOVE this stuff.

[@Dan_s_Channel]

Great fun watching you guys 👍🏻

[@JoaquinRamirez]

Love you guys!

[@CliffordLetsche]

Now I want to hear the Waldstein played on a Rhodes….

[@pffddspc]

I like the intro to Relaxin' At Camarillo

[@ccbyt1]

Great episode. Where was I. Where is everyone?

[@SomXee]

I like Chaka Khan on the night in Tunisia

[@user-ig7nq7pc7k]

Those opening pairs of notes on "Salt Peanuts" - iconic. And Bebop era for sure. Moving into other sub-groups of jazz: Joe Morello's drums, Dave Brubeck's piano - "Take Five" - one of the most popular selling jazz songs ever (perhaps still is) The intro to "So What." Just lovely. The opening figure to Oliver Nelson's "Stolen Moments." Iconic. (For that matter, the intro to "Hoe Down" is unmistakable - and humorous.) I'd also like to see you guys talk about some others: Tommy Flanagan's beautiful piano intro to Gene Ammon's "My Romance" - and Gene's FAT-ASS tenor tones. Unparalleled. Those opening piano notes to Dexter's "Three O'clock in the Morning". I'd like to see you guys dissect the amazing intros of Errol Garner - specifically the incredible intro to "I'll Remember April" on Concert by the Sea - ANOTHER one of the best selling jazz albums of all time. Of course, Herbie Hancock's piano intro to "Canteloupe Island" - but that's funky. I could go on all day. Good work, guys.

[@professorhamamoto]

@2:45-- Bu-DOUGH-kan. Japanese traditional martial arts auditorium. Ultra-nationalists got pissed off when rock groups started being booked there; i.e. Cheap Trick. But it's all good now. Thanks for the excellent discussion. I've playing "Night In Tunisia" intro incorrectly for years. Here is where "Real Book" comes in handy: I can blame its transcriptions instead of owning up to my lazy ear.

[@je-pq3de]

whats that at 36:25 again

[@notme437]

32:06

[@garycitro1674]

Cheap trick live at budokan was a big album

[@paulatB2B]

But is it jazz?

[@garycitro1674]

@@paulatB2B not really, but they were kind of asking what Budokan was. And Rick Nielsen had really good chops. It wouldn't shock me if he could find his way through a jazz chart. "Mommy's all right, Daddy's all right, they just seem a little weird...'"

[@joshkellner1860]

i'd like to hear some other editions

[@rundown306]

Does the band comes on 1 or and of 4 on bouncing with bud? The chart that I've seen it's written on 1 but i hear it on the and of 4, any thoughts?

[@wippi7071]

Its weird how nobody plays the intro of blue bosa from the original joe henderson version.

[@jacobsmithjr]

Clifford doing "Cherokee" I think that qualifies as bop

[@juwonnnnn]

👍

[@rzbach23]

Is Hank Mobley bebop?

[@SzabacsiNandor]

He really was.

[@crapadopalese]

Crazy you don't know what the budokan is but know every baseball team. Can't take America out of the american...